Fig. 6

Homologous relapses induce minimal, if any, changes in clinical parameters from pre-infection values. The average of haemoglobin concentrations (a), platelet nadirs (b), and maximum number of reticulocytes (c) for RMe14, RFa14, RIc14, and RSb14 prior to infection, during the primary infection, and for relapses are shown. Statistical significance was assessed by a Friedman's Test with Dunn's multiple comparison post hoc analysis. pvalues less than 0.05 were considered significant; ^*p < 0.05; ns not significant